73 So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, temple singers, some of the people, temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns.[a](A)

Public Reading of the Law

When the seventh month(B) came and the Israelites had settled in their towns, all the people gathered together(C) at the square in front of the Water Gate.(D) They asked Ezra the scribe(E) to bring the book of the law of Moses(F) that the Lord had given Israel.

Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 7:73 The second half of v. 73 is better understood when placed with 8:1.

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